High-brightness electron guns for linac-based light sources

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5534, Issue , 2004, Pages 22-36

  Lewellen, John W ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

FEL injector electron gun emittance

Indexed keywords

FREE ELECTRON LASER (FEL) INJECTOR ELECTRON GUN EMITTANCE; LINAC COHERENT LIGHT SOURCES (LCLS); PARTICLE MOTION; X-RAY PULSES;

CYCLOTRONS; ELECTRON BEAMS; FREE ELECTRON LASERS; LIGHT SOURCES; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHOTOCATHODES; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; X RAYS;

ELECTRON GUNS;

EID: 15744378292     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.557378     Document Type: Conference Paper

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